Blackberry Picking Seamus Heany
Quick Write Write about a vivid memory that you have from early childhood. Are there any smells, images, sounds that stick in your mind? (3 minutes). Write about a time when you didn’t understand something because you were an innocent child. (3 minutes). Carefully inspect your blackberry, what does it look like, sound like, smell like, taste like? Write about blackberries. (3 minutes).
Listen to “Blackberry Picking” by Seamus Heany
Poetic Devices Tomorrow, you will have a quiz over poetic devices. Using your Poetry Terms for reference if needed, label the poetic devices you see in the poem: Sight Imagery Sound Imagery Taste Imagery Smell Imagery Touch Imagery Metaphor Personification Repetition Alliteration Assonance Consonance Simile
Theme Why do you think Seamus Heaney wrote this poem? What impression is he trying to share with us?